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GERMANY · 1979
Die Patriotin
Alexander Kluge
Synopsis
Gabi Teichert, a history teacher, is unhappy with the way history is portrayed in textbooks and is looking for an alternative, more practical approach to 'uncovering' the past, quite literally digging with the spade and dissecting books with hammers and drills.
Cinematic DNA
His [Straub's] cinema changed my life. All of Straub’s films changed my life. All of them are models. I would say Die Patriotin (The Patriot), Nicht Versöhnt (Not Reconciled), Othon, and Machorka-Muff.
When I saw The Patriot, I thought, this is the first real film since the Lumière brothers.
— Angela Schanelec · Film Comment Interview: Angela Schanelec
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